A new species of Bungona in Turkey (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae): an unexpected biogeographic pattern within a pantropical complex of mayflies

• Published in: Zoosystematics and Evolution Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Sroka, Pavel, Godunko, Roman J., Rutschmann, Sereina, Angeli, Kamila B., Salles, Frederico F., Gattolliat, Jean-Luc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sophia Pensoft Publishers 2019
• Subjects: Ephemeroptera; New species; Turkey
• ISSN: 1435-1935; 1860-0743
• DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.29487

By using an integrative approach, we describe a new species of mayfly, Bungona (Chopralla) pontica
sp. n.
, from Turkey. The discovery of a representative of the tropical mayfly genus
Bungona
in the Middle East is rather unexpected. The new species shows all the main morphological characters of the subgenus Chopralla, which has its closest related species occurring in southeastern Asia. Barcoding clearly indicated that the new species represents an independent lineage isolated for a very long time from other members of the complex. The claw is equipped with two rows of three or four flattened denticles. This condition is a unique feature of Bungona (Chopralla) pontica
sp. n.
among West Palaearctic mayfly species. Within the subgenus Chopralla, the species can be identified by the presence of a simple, not bifid right prostheca (also present only in Bungona (Chopralla) liebenauae (Soldán, Braasch & Muu, 1987)), the shape of the labial palp, and the absence of protuberances on pronotum.